It hasn't gotten that much attention, as the world's Bitcoin fascination has faded since this spring. BUT: Worth pointing out that the actual price of Bitcoins has been on a major tear again lately, as it presses up near $150. This is despite increasing oversight and subpoenas from re...

Want to go to the market, pay for a taxi or send money back home? In Kenya, all you need is your mobile phone. Ever since Safaricom, Kenya's largest mobile-network operator, launched the mobile-payment system M-Pesa in 2007, some two-thirds of Kenya's adult population have subscribed,...

Ankur Nandwani is a news junkie who keeps hitting pay walls. He would pay for content, but not for a subscription. Nandwani, 27, merged his interest in news with Bitcoin, a virtual currency that many people think will change the future of payments. With co-founders Bo Li and Valerie C...

Bitcoin exchange Tradehill has suspended its platform indefinitely. Over the weekend, Tradehill entered into a trading halt, freezing all trades while it deals with "banking and regulatory issues". In an explanatory note on its website , the platform said that the decision was not mad...

Ankur Nandwani is a news junkie who keeps hitting pay walls. He would pay for content, but not for a subscription. Nandwani, 27, merged his interest in news with Bitcoin, a virtual currency that many people think will change the future of payments. With co-founders Bo Li and Valerie C...

Bitcoin enthusiasts and libertarians the world over are in a state of confusion about the slowness with which the outside world is catching on to their new way of exchanging money. But regulators and lawmakers are now, very gradually, realising they need to do something about this gro...

After exposing its biggest opponents, today we shift gears and want to show you a list of the people and institutions that have endorsed cryptocurrency since the beginning. After all, Bitcoin has a huge fan base and these next 11 popular advocates are just some of them. 1. Paul Graham...

Ankur Nandwani is a news junkie who keeps hitting pay walls. He would pay for content, but not for a subscription. Nandwani, 27, merged his interest in news with Bitcoin, a virtual currency that many people think will change the future of payments. With co-founders Bo Li and Valerie C...

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September 01, 2013, 9:55 PM — Ankur Nandwani is a news junkie who keeps hitting pay walls. He would pay for content, but not for a subscription. Nandwani, 27, merged his interest in news with Bitcoin, a virtual currency that many people think will change the future of payments. With c...

Steve T-S / @stroughtonsmith : Ideally a Nintendo game for another platform should be a unique IP and not devalue Nintendo's own platform lock-in Adam Amadio / @adamappleman : No idea how @gruber expects Nintendo to be hardware-competitive with $600+ phones or even 300+ tablets. There...

Ankur Nandwani is a news junkie who keeps hitting pay walls. He would pay for content, but not for a subscription. Nandwani, 27, merged his interest in news with Bitcoin, a virtual currency that many people think will change the future of payments. With co-founders Bo Li and Valerie C...

Avalon has retracted its no-refunds policy after announcing delayed delivery of its ASIC chips. The company said in an email update that the delays were caused by events beyond its control, but added that customers who placed their orders before 1st June can request a full refund (in ...

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Bitfury’s resellers have begun shipping their 400 GH/s “Full Kits” to customers. After initial accounts of prototypes successfully mining on August 2nd, full production units are now ready. Over the last year Bitfury, a Russian ASIC bitcoin mining manufacturer, has been quietly develo...

KnCMiner has cut the price of its mining rigs by as much as 28%, with the Saturn now on sale for $2,995 and the Jupiter for $4,995. The company also revealed today that the Mercury bitcoin hardware miner has been discontinued (this previously came with a price tag of $1,995). All orde...